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Thanks to the Russian post for the toilet and shower tent

Living in the boondocks forced me to overcome my disinclination and order a shower and toilet tent from Moscow. It arrived quick and intact in about two weeks, which is pretty good. Assembled in the room that serves as my office and found to be entirely as expected: large, sturdy, and easy to assemble.

Now the old field-shitting me is full of anticipation of comfortable living by the Luvenga bay or in Kuzomen. Sure the camper has a toilet but size makes it thoroughly uncomfortable even if you are alone, and embarrassing if there are others.

Come to think of it, it’s been a while since I heard complaints about the postal service. Now waiting for olive oil soap ordered from the States to arrive but that may turn out to be a very different story. Once mail-ordered an electric fence and ended up as the owner’s of the wold’s most expensive one. On another occasion I tried medicines, and had to submit a detailed report of what this medicine is, before it could be released from the customs, and to paying through the nose was too a part of the procedure. But both purchases were attempted over five years ago.

Translation: ..Out of ~20 parcels I’ve sent out in the past few months two came back. They both arrived but the receive was not notified to come to the post office to pick it up. So after a month parcels were sent back. So the total time for these two parcels to get to their recipients 6 weeks, and 200-500 roubles ($6-15) that I can to pay too.

Letters from Apatity and Kirovsk to U.S. take 2-4 weeks, sometimes 10 weeks. Letters to Apatity and Kirovsk from U.S. take 2 weeks.
I sent a used Sony computer to Kirvosk from U.S. by Express Mail with signature required. It arrived in 10 days, perfect. Russian post office provided computer tracking and delivery confirmation, perfect.